I live on my own. No spouse, no roommates, no pets, just me. So, do I get to listen to or watch stuff in any room of my choice, of do I have to buy it again if I walk into a different room? Sorry, but screw that. I'd rather only buy it once. I can't listen to a song more than once at a time. I can't watch video more than once at a time (only one TV per room and none to PIP, not even my "fancy" projector)
OK, but why are smarter kids less likely to have sex? Because they're more responsible? Because they have other things that are important to them? because they're more conservative? Or is it because the pretty girls dont' want to kiss or jump onto the nerds? Is it the smart person's choice, or the lack of opportunity to them because they are losing in the popularity game?
Other than diehard Linux fans, does anyone really care if they have to keep paying Microsoft to do basic word processing?
At work I have Solaris and Linux workstations. I do not have a Windows PC. If I'm working on documentation, MS Word is not even an option. Nor is Excel. It's not possible. OK, I still don't use ODF much because our Solaris install that I could use until very recently was version 1.1.something, and only in recent weeks do I have access to 2.0.4. I've only had my Linux box for a few days now, and that seems to be version 1.1.5. I'm not an admin, I don't get to choose or install what I want. If they're phasing out the antique Solaris boxes (I have an Ultra 5 which is one of the better ones) then I'm also losing that 2.0 version of OpenOffice and the ability to use ODF files until our admin sees fit to give us a newer version. I've been using this antique Solaris box for 8 years and only last week got a Linux box. I don't imagine them spending money to give me a Windows box to run Office, and I'm also running out of room on my desk. I very much hope to get a newer OpenOffice version for Linux so I can do ODF.
I think this would be great. Not because I want to run OSX software on Linux, but because I want an open-source thing like this that could be ported elsewhere. I'm an Amiga fan. AmigaOS currently runs on PowerPC. I'd love to be able to run some of that PowerPC MacOSX software out there on AmigaOS. So an open-sourced Mac API wrapper for Linux comparable to Wine I think would be a cool thing.
Currently I run my OSX software on my iBook using OSX.I'm still a little bit sane.:)
An operating system is a tool like anything else. Owning a Mac isn't a religion. Not everyone bows to the Great Turtlenecked One. It's up to each person to pick an OS, platform and application suite that meets their needs and fits in with their world view.
Excellent point of view. But this is Slashdot, and the Slashdot masses will flame amyone who chooses the "wrong" alternative OS. Any time AmigaOS comes up, the Slashdot masses flame it outright. Slashdot does not allow me the choice you define there. Why should any other "wrong" alternative be any more acceptable?
Do, if your particular wall-wart dies or you forget it then you're screwed because you can't buy a new one? Great... I'm looking for a better phone to replace my LG9800 and this scratched the Razr right off my list. Thanks. (I have one charger at work and another at home)
So you are working with something under NDA, and you want to keep that data protected and encrypt it in order to keep the vendor happy. Now that professional courtesy for your business agreement is now evidence that you're a bad guy?
Say I have my music library stored on a large hard drive in a desktop. But I go on vacation and take my laptop, and try to charge my ipod from the laptop via the USB cable because that's smaller than the wall-wart? Is my own laptop recognized as a different PC and does that lock me out of my own ipod? Maybe I'm at a friend's house and want to charge up my ipod before we go on a long bike ride or run together, and I left my own authorized laptop at home? He has a USB cable but not a wall wart. Does his computer lock me out of my own ipod even though I had no intention of even running itunes or transferring files, I just wanted some fresh electrons?
I hope they have a plan in mind to make sure people are not locked out of their own devices.
I don't get why people would like this. I hate renting. I want to buy it and be done with it, not be on the hook to continually pay and pay and pay forever even after the purchase price has been met multiple times over. I hate cable co boxes. I currently do not have any of them. I dont want one. I'll be stuck with one soon when I get FIOS, but I'd rather own it. I may buy this Tivo HD to replace it, especially since it's a lot cheaper than the Series 3. I own my cell phone. I need to buy a new one because it sucks and I can't use it at home, but it's mine. I would never lease a car, and don't understand why anyone does. I think it's rediculous. I just bought a new car a month ago. It's financed, so it'll take a few years to truely be "mine", but there ain't no lease manager telling me what I can and cannot do with the car. It's my car, I do what I wish with it, drilling holes, swapping interior, adding soundproofing (lotsa road noise), add an aftermarket nav system (Wasn't available from manufacturer with one), it's mine.
And most people prefer to rent, not own, a set-top.
Why is this? The HD DVR box from FIOS is $20/month. Tivo's new HD DVR is $300. That's 15 months of renting. After 15 months, the renter buys the box again. The Tivo guy is done. OK, it's hard to say how any guide fees compare or if the cable co rally even has such a fee or if it's just part of the digital cable system to see what's on with any set-top unit from the cable co, DVR or not. Either way, in 15 months, I'd rather be paying $12 or $14 or whatever the Tivo guide fee is than $20 to continue buying the same cable co box again and again. Cheaper is cheaper, even with a $3 cablecard for that tivo. Maybe not by much, but it's a small savings.
Is there actually research that says people would rather rent this equipment than buy it? If so, are the reasons for that available from surveys?
I'd like Forza 2. But I don't want to pay $60 for it. I'll wait until price drops to $50 or less or a used copy for $40 or so. I did pay for Dirt, but don't enjoy it enough to be happy having paid $60 for it. I paid $30 or so for a used copy of Need for Speed Carbon and enjoy that, and think it was worth the price I paid. I'm not sure I'd have been happy paying $60 for it though.
I "can afford" to buy games at $60. I just don't think they're worth that much. Not even the ones I like. So I'm choosing not to.
Nearly all mac users run OSX. That market is probably saturated. Not all PC users run Vista yet, so there is still a huge market for MS to sell upgrades to.
So, you make a defective product and then put it out for public use without telling anyone it's defective, and probably even deny it for quite a while, and then sue everyone who uses this publically accessible product thing? Sounds like the operator is guilty of entrapment.
I've asked Verizon a few times for advice on buying a new phone that would have better signal reception than my LG9800 AKA "The V", as I can't use it at home. Each time I was told that Verizon does not have such information. The best I can do is randomly buy phones, and if I'm not hapy with then return them in 30 days, randomly buy another one, lather rinse, and repeat until I by chance find a phone that works. So in terms of finding a phone with good reception, Verizon is apparently not able to help anyone. But do avoid the LG9800, as my personal experience with it is that it has both poor reception and poor battery life. The expensive battery upgrade to 2100mAh capacity helps, but the original battery sould still last longer than a day. I assume it does not because of the poor signal and it's always scanning for a tower when I'm at home which burns through the battery. I'd also like to make signal reception and battery life as the two only details in choosing my next phone, and hoepfully another poster will have better info on Verizon phones, as other carriers don't have any service at all for blocks away from my Sister's house and such, part of why we switched to Verizon, but for my own I may say screw it to the free Verizon to Verizon calling and bail out to something that will actually work at all at my own house. My roommates with Tmobile, Cingular, etc. don't seem to have problems like my phone does, so it's either my phone or Verizon's towers at fault...
Well, Bush now has what he'd really like. In finding the "cure" for this kind of fear, they first had to find the cause, no? So, how long before the chemical found to be the "cause" is suddenly a supplement added to our water supply or food or something? Aw, crap. I just gave them an idea...
Price drop good. $500 still bad. I'm somewhat interested in a PS3, but I'm not $500 interested. If it gets to $400 without tossing out too many features, I may start getting tempted to buy.
OK, so let people who for whatever reason desire this no-swipe charge method, but also let people who don't trust it to keep a swipe-only method or ability to disable the RFID in their credit cards if we so choose.
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I live on my own. No spouse, no roommates, no pets, just me. So, do I get to listen to or watch stuff in any room of my choice, of do I have to buy it again if I walk into a different room? Sorry, but screw that. I'd rather only buy it once. I can't listen to a song more than once at a time. I can't watch video more than once at a time (only one TV per room and none to PIP, not even my "fancy" projector)
OK, but why are smarter kids less likely to have sex? Because they're more responsible? Because they have other things that are important to them? because they're more conservative? Or is it because the pretty girls dont' want to kiss or jump onto the nerds? Is it the smart person's choice, or the lack of opportunity to them because they are losing in the popularity game?
Other than diehard Linux fans, does anyone really care if they have to keep paying Microsoft to do basic word processing?
At work I have Solaris and Linux workstations. I do not have a Windows PC. If I'm working on documentation, MS Word is not even an option. Nor is Excel. It's not possible. OK, I still don't use ODF much because our Solaris install that I could use until very recently was version 1.1.something, and only in recent weeks do I have access to 2.0.4. I've only had my Linux box for a few days now, and that seems to be version 1.1.5. I'm not an admin, I don't get to choose or install what I want. If they're phasing out the antique Solaris boxes (I have an Ultra 5 which is one of the better ones) then I'm also losing that 2.0 version of OpenOffice and the ability to use ODF files until our admin sees fit to give us a newer version. I've been using this antique Solaris box for 8 years and only last week got a Linux box. I don't imagine them spending money to give me a Windows box to run Office, and I'm also running out of room on my desk. I very much hope to get a newer OpenOffice version for Linux so I can do ODF.
I think this would be great. Not because I want to run OSX software on Linux, but because I want an open-source thing like this that could be ported elsewhere. I'm an Amiga fan. AmigaOS currently runs on PowerPC. I'd love to be able to run some of that PowerPC MacOSX software out there on AmigaOS. So an open-sourced Mac API wrapper for Linux comparable to Wine I think would be a cool thing.
:)
Currently I run my OSX software on my iBook using OSX.I'm still a little bit sane.
Nah. WINE = Wine Is Not an Emulator.
How about this? MINE = Mine Is Not an Emulator? (M for Mac)
An operating system is a tool like anything else. Owning a Mac isn't a religion. Not everyone bows to the Great Turtlenecked One. It's up to each person to pick an OS, platform and application suite that meets their needs and fits in with their world view.
Excellent point of view. But this is Slashdot, and the Slashdot masses will flame amyone who chooses the "wrong" alternative OS. Any time AmigaOS comes up, the Slashdot masses flame it outright. Slashdot does not allow me the choice you define there. Why should any other "wrong" alternative be any more acceptable?
Do, if your particular wall-wart dies or you forget it then you're screwed because you can't buy a new one? Great... I'm looking for a better phone to replace my LG9800 and this scratched the Razr right off my list. Thanks. (I have one charger at work and another at home)
So you are working with something under NDA, and you want to keep that data protected and encrypt it in order to keep the vendor happy. Now that professional courtesy for your business agreement is now evidence that you're a bad guy?
Or car head-units that control the ipod from the dash and send ipod audio directly through the car amps and speakers.
Say I have my music library stored on a large hard drive in a desktop. But I go on vacation and take my laptop, and try to charge my ipod from the laptop via the USB cable because that's smaller than the wall-wart? Is my own laptop recognized as a different PC and does that lock me out of my own ipod? Maybe I'm at a friend's house and want to charge up my ipod before we go on a long bike ride or run together, and I left my own authorized laptop at home? He has a USB cable but not a wall wart. Does his computer lock me out of my own ipod even though I had no intention of even running itunes or transferring files, I just wanted some fresh electrons?
I hope they have a plan in mind to make sure people are not locked out of their own devices.
An uncanny resemblance between Nimoy and the Sylar guy? I don't see it.
I don't get why people would like this. I hate renting. I want to buy it and be done with it, not be on the hook to continually pay and pay and pay forever even after the purchase price has been met multiple times over. I hate cable co boxes. I currently do not have any of them. I dont want one. I'll be stuck with one soon when I get FIOS, but I'd rather own it. I may buy this Tivo HD to replace it, especially since it's a lot cheaper than the Series 3. I own my cell phone. I need to buy a new one because it sucks and I can't use it at home, but it's mine. I would never lease a car, and don't understand why anyone does. I think it's rediculous. I just bought a new car a month ago. It's financed, so it'll take a few years to truely be "mine", but there ain't no lease manager telling me what I can and cannot do with the car. It's my car, I do what I wish with it, drilling holes, swapping interior, adding soundproofing (lotsa road noise), add an aftermarket nav system (Wasn't available from manufacturer with one), it's mine.
And most people prefer to rent, not own, a set-top.
Why is this? The HD DVR box from FIOS is $20/month. Tivo's new HD DVR is $300. That's 15 months of renting. After 15 months, the renter buys the box again. The Tivo guy is done. OK, it's hard to say how any guide fees compare or if the cable co rally even has such a fee or if it's just part of the digital cable system to see what's on with any set-top unit from the cable co, DVR or not. Either way, in 15 months, I'd rather be paying $12 or $14 or whatever the Tivo guide fee is than $20 to continue buying the same cable co box again and again. Cheaper is cheaper, even with a $3 cablecard for that tivo. Maybe not by much, but it's a small savings.
Is there actually research that says people would rather rent this equipment than buy it? If so, are the reasons for that available from surveys?
I'd like Forza 2. But I don't want to pay $60 for it. I'll wait until price drops to $50 or less or a used copy for $40 or so. I did pay for Dirt, but don't enjoy it enough to be happy having paid $60 for it. I paid $30 or so for a used copy of Need for Speed Carbon and enjoy that, and think it was worth the price I paid. I'm not sure I'd have been happy paying $60 for it though.
I "can afford" to buy games at $60. I just don't think they're worth that much. Not even the ones I like. So I'm choosing not to.
Somehow I don't think I'd want to use an iphone to edit text files in vim. I don't care how snazzy the interface is, that doesn't sound like fun.
Nearly all mac users run OSX. That market is probably saturated. Not all PC users run Vista yet, so there is still a huge market for MS to sell upgrades to.
So, you make a defective product and then put it out for public use without telling anyone it's defective, and probably even deny it for quite a while, and then sue everyone who uses this publically accessible product thing? Sounds like the operator is guilty of entrapment.
I've asked Verizon a few times for advice on buying a new phone that would have better signal reception than my LG9800 AKA "The V", as I can't use it at home. Each time I was told that Verizon does not have such information. The best I can do is randomly buy phones, and if I'm not hapy with then return them in 30 days, randomly buy another one, lather rinse, and repeat until I by chance find a phone that works. So in terms of finding a phone with good reception, Verizon is apparently not able to help anyone. But do avoid the LG9800, as my personal experience with it is that it has both poor reception and poor battery life. The expensive battery upgrade to 2100mAh capacity helps, but the original battery sould still last longer than a day. I assume it does not because of the poor signal and it's always scanning for a tower when I'm at home which burns through the battery. I'd also like to make signal reception and battery life as the two only details in choosing my next phone, and hoepfully another poster will have better info on Verizon phones, as other carriers don't have any service at all for blocks away from my Sister's house and such, part of why we switched to Verizon, but for my own I may say screw it to the free Verizon to Verizon calling and bail out to something that will actually work at all at my own house. My roommates with Tmobile, Cingular, etc. don't seem to have problems like my phone does, so it's either my phone or Verizon's towers at fault...
Well, Bush now has what he'd really like. In finding the "cure" for this kind of fear, they first had to find the cause, no? So, how long before the chemical found to be the "cause" is suddenly a supplement added to our water supply or food or something? Aw, crap. I just gave them an idea...
Price drop good. $500 still bad. I'm somewhat interested in a PS3, but I'm not $500 interested. If it gets to $400 without tossing out too many features, I may start getting tempted to buy.
What else can you say?
OK, so let people who for whatever reason desire this no-swipe charge method, but also let people who don't trust it to keep a swipe-only method or ability to disable the RFID in their credit cards if we so choose.
Maybe they will share with me the simulation sequence of events that finally get me laid. There could be something useful in all this!
If you could somehow bottle that concept you would cure insomnia the world over.
OK, so print out a copy, cork it in a bottle, it floats around the world putting people to sleep when they find it?